Pawpaw Fest 2026 at Tree Pittsburgh 9/26/26 2-7pm
It was great to talk about the Pawpaw festival on The Organic Gardener Radio Show, here’s all the information about the festival from the Tree Pittsburgh web site. The event is only $10 per person or $20 per family.
Pawpaw Fest 2026
Come celebrate North America’s largest native fruit at Tree Pittsburgh’s Pawpaw Fest at the Tree Pittsburgh campus 32 62nd St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 from 2-7 p.m.
Sample fresh pawpaws, shop our Heritage Nursery tree sale (including pawpaws), join a guided arboretum walk, watch a pawpaw sorbet demonstration, and enjoy family-friendly arts and crafts. While you’re here, grab a bite from local food trucks, sip a pawpaw beer from Allegheny City Brewing, and relax with live music from The Turpentiners (from 5-7pm).
Be sure to stop by and hear from our speakers:
3:00-3:30 — Gabrielle Marsden (Butterfly Ambassador) on the zebra swallowtail butterfly and its symbiotic relationship with pawpaws
3:45-4:15 — Saving and Propagating Pawpaw Seeds with Chris Kosin of GaiaScape, LLC
4:30-5:30 — Legendary pawpaw breeder Neal Peterson (of Peterson Pawpaws) in conversation with Andrew Moore (author of Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit)
Vendors include:
Allegheny City Brewing
Benjamin Bishop Pastries
Community Cultures
Redeye Bar-B-Q
Silver Maple Ceramics
ShadoBeni Trinidadian Cuisine
Third Space Bakery
There will also be a limited supply of pawpaw fruits available for purchase from Highland Farm!
This event is family-friendly – for humans. Please leave your furry friends at home! Service animals always welcome.
